[N,N'-Ethylenebis(3-tert-butyl-5-methylsalicylideneaminato)]oxovanadium(IV)

[VO(C₂₆H₃₄N₂O₂)] was synthesized in order to study its reactivity in the oxygen-transfer catalysis of alkylhydroperoxides to a wide array of substituted olefins. The geometry about the v center is nearly square pyramidal with an axial oxo ligand and a four-coordinate substituted Schiff base ligand. The axial V-O bond distance of 1.592 (3) Å is indicative of double-bond character.

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